Group    From 1845 

Glasgow School of Art

Categories: Architecture, Art, Education

Countries: Scotland

Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed to its current name in 1853. The main building, shown in the picture, in Renfrew Street was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1909. The School has produced most of Scotland’s contemporary artists including Turner Prize winners Simon Starling (2005) and Richard Wright (2009).

We never expected to be able to include a picture of this world-class Glasgow building in LondonRemembers.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Glasgow School of Art

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Scottish architect and designer of the Glasgow School of Art, Charles Rennie ...

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Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone

Italian painter and architect from Florence.

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Philip Webb

Philip Webb

 Architect.  Born Oxford. 1856 moved to London and joined the circles around the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.  William Morris used him to design the Red House.  Also designed Prinsep's house at 1 Ho...

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2 memorials
Victor Wilkins

Victor Wilkins

Architect.  Peabody's architect from 1910 to 1947.

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1 memorial
Edwin Clare

Edwin Clare

Architect active in 1871. Probably the same Edwin Clare who worked on St. Silas' Penton Street and St Andrew's Croydon, both while based at 104 Guildford Street, and St Saviour's Forest Gate.

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1 memorial
Marcial Echenique

Marcial Echenique

Professor of Land Use and Transport Studies and Dean of Architecture at Cambridge.  Born Chile.  Awarded an OBE in 2009.

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Fred E. Chick

Fred E. Chick

Former official at Charlton Athletic F.C.. Killed on the Somme whilst serving with the 13th Middlesex Regiment.

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Jim Connell

Jim Connell

Political activist. Born in Rathniska, near Kilskyre, County Meath. As a teenager he joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood and signed the Fenian Oath. He moved to London in 1875 and worked on Kei...

Person, Music / songs, Politics & Administration, Ireland

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